Nettie Honeyball
Nettie J. Honeyball (* around 1871 in London , † after 1901 ibid) was a British woman activist of the Victorian era and founder of the first women's football team of England .
Little is known about the life and work of Nettie Honeyball. In 1894, on her initiative, the first women's football club - the British Ladies' Football Club - was founded in England . The journalist and author Florence Dixie acted as its first president .
On March 23, 1895 10,000 visitors saw the first game north of England to the South of England (final result 7: 1), which, however, were less interested in the sporting side than on the playing strips of the women: The players wore hats and skirts over knickers to to maintain decency. Because of the response to this game, various organizers staged further games with the aim of generating high revenues. In 1902, however, the English Football Association forbade its clubs to play such games because the sport was too rough and too masculine in his eyes.
literature
- Fabian Brändle, Christian Koller: Goooal !!! Cultural and social history of modern football. Orell Füssli, Zurich 2002, ISBN 978-3-280-02815-5 .
Web links
- Nettie Honeyball on the private website Spartacus Educational (English)
- The British Ladies' Football Club on the private site Donmouth (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nettie Honeyball . Donmouth.co.uk, accessed July 11, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Honeyball, Nettie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Honeyball, Nettie J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British women's rights activist and founder of England's first women's football team |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1901 |
| Place of death | London |